Web API using Asp.net membership

Question

I am in the process of finishing up working on a web API application that is to be used for an android app. Unfortunately, my main website uses asp.net membership database.

I added the old asp.net membership code from my web form program in the Web API to create new users within the membership database and to retrieve the USERID from the newly created entry. This does not work, however. I thought it would work since I did not get any error indicating it would not when the code was added like I did when I added the Profile Common code.

My question are:

1. Will I need to upgrade my old membership to Identity? (Not ideal).

2. Can the asp.net membership database be used with web api? Any examples?

       Dim status As MembershipCreateStatus
   
       If Membership.GetUser(newMember.Username) Is Nothing Then
   
           Membership.CreateUser(newMember.Username, Hash(Password), newMember.Email, "None", "None", True, status)
   
       End If
   
   Catch ex As Exception        
   
   End Try
   
   Try
       FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(newMember.Username, True)
   Catch ex As Exception        
   
   
   End Try
   
   Try
   
       Dim mbr As MembershipUser = Membership.GetUser(newMember.Username)
       Membership.UpdateUser(mbr)
       userGUID = mbr.ProviderUserKey
   
   Catch ex As Exception           
   
   End Try
   
   Try
       If Not Roles.IsUserInRole(newMember.Username, "member") Then
           Roles.AddUserToRole(newMember.Username, "member")
       End If
   Catch ex As Exception
   
   End Try
   Return userGUID
   

Answer 1

Problem solved. The issue was that I needed to use user id and password in the connection string.